The Sun. — London, England, 1810-06-05 00:00:00

MR. IIINDEAII.I. As every circumstance eouneaed with this Gen tle an becomes particularly interesting, on account of the loss of such a valuable rne.nber of society, we deem it proper to resume the subjea. MreWIi4DHAM was born in the county of Nor folk,--where his ancestors resided for a long period. He had a seal in that county, named Felbrigge Hall: He was for some years one of the Members for the Cty of N&N.vich, but last it . on account of the high pirty differences which.. prevailed throughout the county. Upon one ele(uion, when he was chaired in that city; some ruffians of the adverse party pelted him with stones, &c. which he bore patiently far some. rime, but at length leaped from the chair,' and reviling them for theft cowardly attack, offered to engage in manly conflia with any three of them in succession. The pusillanimous wretches Who had so grossly insulted him, then shrunk into silence, end the remainder of his civic triumph passed with out interruption. He was a Member in the present Parliament for Higham Ferrars, LL. D: and a Go vernor of ti,e Charter House. . When he began to. consider the disorder which terminated so fatally, as serious and alarming, he did not convene the faculty in a body, but went to "several distinguiShed practitioners for their respec tive opinions. All of them; we understand, recotn . mended, an operation but Mr. WILSON. The ope ration was perfOrmed by Mr. Lygri, whose profes sional . .knowledge, experience, and skill, require no eulogium in this place. For some th i ne the cise promised' favourably, but a fever ensued of so alarming a nature, that no hopes had been entertain ..ed of his recovery for many days preceding his death]. We are assured, that from the first appearance of the necessity of submitting to an operation, he de clared that he thought his disorder would prove fa tal, adding, that one of the most Melancholy consi derations which occurred to him, with such an awful prospeet, was, that he feared there would be few left behind him firm enough to resist the mob reform,.rs who are attempting to overturn our pre- s nt po!itical establishment. During the Viceroyalty of Lord NORTHINGTON, in Ireland, Mr.. WINDHAM was his'Secretary. It was on hi; Bppilltinent to this situati,n, that, express ing doubts of his ability to do justice to the office or to adopt the pradices supposed to be necessary, to his friend Dr. JOHNSON (as mentioned in Mr. Bos- WELL'S admitable work), the Dr. said, with a plea sant smile, " Don't be afraid, Sir, you Will soon make a very pretty rascal. - Dr. JOHNSON had the highest C)piliion 'of his integrity and mtelleaual powers, and in a letter to Dr. BROCKIXSI3Y, recorded in the same Work, written as Ash bourae, in the year 178 4, he says, " Mr. Wtrinn Am has been here to see me—he came, I think, forty miles out of his way, and staid about a day and a half—perhaps I make the time shorter than it was. Such conversation I shall not have again till I come back to the regions of litera ture, and there WINDHAM 15 inter 4icilas, Luna ?Ili- nores." Mr. WmanAm was Sccretary at War upon the junaion of the PORTLAND Party with Mr. PITT, %nil a seat i the Cabinet, and Secretary of State for War ani Colonies during the Administration of what was denominated All the Talents. In every siviation Mr. WINDHAN dis;:layed high sentiments of loyalty and honour, and a firtrr attachment to the British Constitution. His eirors arose from the exu berance and variety of his knowledge, the pecu liar refinement of his temper, and certain mental 3SiUCi3IiOIIS, which it is difficult to correct or to re strain ; hut all views were enlarged and en lightened, intended' at once to sustain the honour and interests of his country, and the dignity of bu- man nature. We received the following article from a Gentle man who is well qualified to appreciate the merits of the distinguished chara&er •to whom it relates, who had full opportunity of forming a judgment, and who is incapable of saying what he does. not think and feel. " At any period and under any circumstances the, death of Mr. WINDHAM must have been considered as a public calamity. The loss of a finished man is not easily supplied. But at a time like this, when the safety of the public is assailed on all sides by the thoughtless ignorance of some, and the cool blooded malignity of others, who, with the cant of patriotism in their mouths, are Frenchmen and traitors in their hearts, , we have still more emphatic cause to mourn over the grave of this'genuine Eng lishman, whose powers would have been a bulwark to his Country, and whose spotless integrity (which even his political antagonists acknowledged and re speaed) w:,ul(j have given a stamp and authority to all that tie said. In privatr life Mr. WINIIHAM was unexception.bly society he lwas rife-eminently great. His brilliant hi s --uteness, Lis various 1 - inowledue, his iaate, his wit and his dignity of getthmeat, made Um the titLt companion of his. time. As a public man he was principally to be admired for his generous hardihood of charmer, and his inflexible adherence to truth. Neither popular clamour, nor private attachment, nor party conneetion, could deter liim from an ho nest and fearless avowal of his opinion. Adorned with all the knowledge, and all the polished ele gance of the time_ in which he lived, he seemed to carry us back, in idea, to the heroes of an earlier age, by his high Castilian spirit—his ingenuous lof tiness of mind. He was, in all respeEts, a most accomplished cavalier." The following lines from POPE are particularly applicable on thiS occasion : LV INDHA NI, adieu, yet not with thee remove Thy wartial spirit and thy social love : Amidst corruption, luxury, and rage, I Still leave some ancient virtues to uur age ; Nor let us s.ry (those Engi'sh glories gone) The last true Brirohlies beneath this stone. MAILS. AP-nil/ED-1 Dublin, t Waterford. Duz—i Lisbon, t Dublin, Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS TWIS DAY AT TWILVE O'CLOCK. Consols - - - 730 Oinniurn - r l' a E 6 ti N . SOLEM QUtS DtCERE FALSUM AUDEAT ? L 0 N D 0 N, TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1810. American Papers to the 15th ult. have been re ceived. Mr. MACON has, it appears, brought in 'a second Bill, the object of which professes to be to regulate the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain, and France and her dependencies. This Bill contains a provision,which is the only part of it we can now notice, that if either' Great Britain or France shall annul her Edicts respecting commerce, so that the trade of America may be carried on uninterrupted, and that the other Nation shall not in three months after that date re voke or modify her Decrees equally, then, that all the prohibitory regulations of America shall be exer cised against the power so holding out. This Bill was read twice. The Bulletin of the Duke of CUMBERLAND'S health was not published when this Paper was put to press, but we understand that his Royal Highness suffered considerable pain last night, but that he is quite free from fever this morning.' We think k right to state, that the greatest polite ness is maniteted by every person belonging to the Duke's Household, who attend at-his Royal High• ness's apart ments,and the utmost readiness is shewn to give every possible information and explanation respecting the shocking transaction which has re cently taken place. • This morning % . %ie received German Papers of the 23d ult.'froth which we have made some extracts. Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, the flank com panies belonging to the three Regiments of Guards were inspected on the Parade in St. James's Park, by their Royal ilighnesse3 the Dukes of YoaK, CAM BRIDGE, and GLOUCESTER, in their new clothing, previous to their marching oft: The Royal Dukes were rcceited- by Sir DAVID DUNDAS, the Com mander in Chief. The three bands attended in their state liveries ; the Ist and 3d in scarlet and gold, and the Qd in scarlet and silver ; the 3d was the most superb, a pt4.--s,llt from the Duke of GLou- CESTEit The whole formed a very grand military spectacle. The tsi and 2d bands marched to St. James's Palace, and played during the day ; the .3(1 band marched with the Queen'S guard, and played during the morning. The QUEEN and PRINCESSES will dine with t.lw Prins .: of 'WALES to-morrow, • .1 4 following entertainments were given 37ester day, in honour of his 111Jjesty's Birth-day : Mr. Perceval gave a dinner to a numerous as semblage pJlitical friends. ThMarquis Wellesley 'entertained the Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers. Mr. Ryder had a party to dinner, at his house in Great George-street. The Doke of MO:,;TROSE, as Master of the Horse to the Kinc-, entertained hzs Majesty's Equerries, and several Stoblemen'aud Gentlemen of the House- The Earl of WtticnussA, as Groom of the Stole, gave a grand dinner t' the Lords and Grooms of his Majesty's bed-chamber. Last night the Princess of 14TAwits had a grand prty and ball at Kensington Pal ice. The QuEEN and PRINCESSES will dine with the Princes Of ` T ALES to-morrow. Yesterday being a collar-day, all those belongi%Y to the different orders wore their collars. The illuminations were, as usual on his Majesty's birth-day, uncommonly 'splendid, but we have not room to particularize them. The Theatres, the houses of his Majesty's trades Men, and several pub• 1:c offices, were brilliantly decorated with a prolu sion of variegated laMps, disposed in a most tasteful manner. This day the LORD MAYOR and Aldermen ordered the price of Bread to continue as last week. • Great joy is felt at the Court of Palermo, in con sequence of her most Serene Highness the Duchess Of QIILEANS being pregnant. Her most Serene High ness was married in NovoTher last. Stie is daugh ter of the King and Queen of NAPLES, who have Otfered to be sponsors for the AcVal inflnt. Y stet day, the dispatches for the Lord Keith, Monarch, Earl Spencer,, Larkins, Batavia, Tyne, and Bebe, , were finally' closed at the East IntliA house; and delivered to their respeetive Pursers; being the last ships of the season - . ' ' • NAVAL NEWS POIViSMOUTIi, JUNE 4.—Sailed this day his Ma jesty's ship Rinaldo, with a convoy of merchant men for the Downs. Amongst them were the undermentioned, viz. Vigilant, Da Silva, last from Pernambucco ; Hawke, Al_ pha, and Economy, from Cadiz ; Belle, Betts, from Lis - . ; Milhand, Hawke, Sally Ann, and Maria, from the Westward; Dispatch, Reay, from Buenos Ayres. Went out of harbour yesterday his Majesty's ship Clyde, to Spithcad. Arrived the Sincerity, SMITH, from London 3 and the JEsculapius, GOWDEY, from Sunderland. FALMOUTH, JUNE 2.—Arrived the ilar7J Anne, CLARK, from Jamaica in 74 days ; the fiol:ert, NICHOLSON, from Hayti ier London, passed this Port to-day, after a passage of 76 days. • YARMOUTH, JUNE 4.—Yesterday arrived a French li.gger privateer, mounting f.? guns, cut out of the - Vlie by the boats of his Majesty's ships Desirje, Britomart, and Bold. The Mosquito sloop of war yestt2rday struck upon Hasburough sand, where she still lies in some danger. SHEERNESS, JUNE 4.--Came into harbour his Majesty's brig Manly. To-day being the Anniversary of our beloved Sovereign's Bir►h-day, the ships at the Great Nor° celebrated the same by saluting with 21 guns at one o'clock. Sailed this day his . Majesty's ships 4ttack and Mercurius, with Gottenburgh and Heligoland con- voyC DEAL, JUNE 4.—Came down from the River the Golden Grove and Peter, and sailed with several , transports under convoy of the Locust gun-brig. Arrived his Majesty's ships Defence and Monarch from a cruize off Flushing. Sailed the Castilian strop of war on a cruize. GERMAA PA PERS. Extra of a Letter from Helsingborg, dated the 24th of : Mae - : " There has been an engagtment between an English merchant vessel and a Milli!) lugger, corn• manded by Lieut. SONDERUP, in which the Dane was beat off with the loss of 2 men killed and 2, wounded. Three sail of the line are in-the Belts, one of them bearing an Admiral's flag ; they Seiit boats ashore on the Island of Sprogoe. A Swedi,h merchant ship has been detained by the gun-boats at Elsin,:ur.-4 - convoy of 80 sa 1 has passc'd Nyborg. English troops have landed on the Island of Sprogoe from the three sail of the lino ; it was supposed that the Island was taken possession of for a watering place." NAPLES, APRIL 30.—1 t appears that his Maj-sty is going to make that journey into Calabria which had been projected previous to his departure for Paris. Yesterday a Court day was held. His Majesty wishing to give the - ibbabitints of - the- Islands of Ponta and Ventenote a, fresh proof of iris Royal clemency, and a decisive testimony of the interest which he takes in their condition, has just granted a general amnesty to all the emigrants of these Iskids who having Ibllo , xed the enemy into Sicily s'qi:l re turn to the Kingdom within two months, and pre sent themselves to the local authorities, in order to make a declaration of their submission. CARA, APRIL 16.—We hate just been 'informed that a considerable number of Turks are assembling upon our frontiers, in Turkish Croatia and Bosnia ; that they occupy all the strong places ; that they have posted a numerous corps near Banjaluka, along the river Verba, without our being able to assign. any cause which could have given • place to these movements. We keep upon our guard in Dalma tia, as well as in the Illyrian provinces and Austrian Croatia, and have taken all necessary measures not to be surprised by a furious multitude. From time to time we see, between the Islands of Dalmatia, some English ships of war. BANKS OF THE M A INE,. MAY 14---We read in the Berne Gazette, that AUGUSTUS ADOLPHUS IV. has - refused the annual pension of 30,000 crowns, which the States of Sweden had assigned to him, and that this Prince will only enjoy his private re venue. He has requested, it is said, of Professor 2 , LUNG, at Basle, to choose a Governor for his Son.'. There is not, we understand, the smallest founda tion for the rumour of a general prohibition against exporting corn from the French and Dutch ports. 14 one port, and in one only, we believe, (Dunkirk) the exportation of that article has been prohibited ; for no other reason than that the price had reached the maximum. This is not the case at Ostend, and other districts, from which it is permitted to be ex ported as usual. A letter has been received from the French coast, dated 09 . Friday, in which it was stated, that a ves lacicin with flour,' bound to England, had been a Ordered - to unload, in' consequence of new decree, the particulars cif 'which had not transpired. KIXG'S BIRTH-DAY. The celebration of the KING'S Birth-day, yestef• day, upon his MAJESTY completing his 72d year, was observed with every dethonstration of joy throughout the metropolis. The flags and standards of the United Kingdom were displayed from the ' steeples of the churches, the Toike'r, and the public buildings. Exadly at one o'clock, a double royal salute was discharged by a gunner belonging to the train of artillery, in Hyde Park, on account of the Duke of CUMBERLAND'S confinement at Carlton- ' House. At the same time the Go cannons on the Tower Wharf were discharged. The ships lying in, the Thames, and all other ports, displayed their co lours upon the occasion, with the English upper most, which had a delightful effeet. I The Court wanted the principal and grand attrac tion, viz. the presence of the KING ; but, we are extiemeiy happy to say, his MAJESTY enjoys most exceiknt health, and looks very well. Several hundred tickets were issued from the Lord Chamberlain's Office, fur admission -to the different rooms through which the .Royal Family and the company, pass to the Grand Council Chamber. The rooms were not only crowded to excess, but the roofs of the Palace,. anal alithe out-buildings.belongt. ing to it, chiefly with females, elegantly dressed, which had a charming rifeat. St. James's-street, and the avenues leading to the Palace, were crowded, the day proving remark ably fine. Most of the streets leading to St. James's• street wero compleiely blocked up with carriages. The houses in St. James's-street were crowded with parties of friends of the inhabitants, who, as usual,, provided entertainments on the occasion ; the windoWs contained a number of elegant and beau tiful women, to view the company in their car riages and chairs, going to the drawing-room. The Marquis Of HEADFORT, the Countess GRosvgtioe t and the Duchess of MONTROSE, sported splendid state liveries. Soon alter twelve o'clock, the company began to . proCeed to the Palace, and continued till past font o'clock. St. James's-street was frequently blocked in, occasioned by the i►nmense number of car riages. About half past twelve o'clock, -her IVlazasil and the PRINCESSES left the Queen's Palace in IWO carriages. The Duke of KENT accompanied her MAJESTY in her carriage, with Princess AUGUSTA Princesses ELIZABETH and SOPHIA, went in the se' coed carriage. A great concourse of people 04." sembled to view the Royal Family pass through the Park. They proceeded to St. James's Palace lA their morning dresses. They entered by the apart, ments . of Miss BRUDENELL, one of the M a ids 01 Honour to the QUEEN. Her Majesty and tO Princesses dressed in their Court dresses. Her MAJESTY ' and the PRINCESSES entered the Grand Council directly. Her MAJESTY took tigr station under the throne, surrounded by the PROP CESSES, the Dukes of K E NT .and SUSSEX, and the tfurferblis attendants. The left door, leading froo the Presence Chamber, was then opened, whe.4 tab s Arclibishops,of.CANTEßßUßi andlroax, and a air merous train of Bishops entered. The Arebbisligit of CANTERBURY then addressed her MAJESTY in fine oration of congratulalion to her MAJESTY, which he alluded to his MAJESTY having reigned 5i yews, arid concluded by wishing his MAJESTY 104 to live, tro dispense blessings and virtues among tt it people. His Grace appeared much atfetted whil o delivering it. Her MAJESTY made an apprOpria l° reply, when she could not forbear shedding tea l " The - Archbishop of Yam - then addressed her Me" JEsTY at considerable length ; his Gia,:e was follow' ed by the Bishops of WINCHESTER and SAi.w;ll ol4 and the o, her Bishops, in their regular order. Miss MURRAY,. the new Maid of Honour, in the room -of the Marchioness of lieer, was then intrc's duced to the QUEEN, by the Marchioness of BA•rfli she had the honour to kiss her MAJESTY'S 10 64 upon the occasiett. The PR INCEs6ES arranged themselves to the le ft of her MAJESTY, towards the Thibne. We W e e r : extreme:y sorry to observe, in a -short time, t u ; Princess ELizassln, °vet whehned in grief; she"' ding tears very freely. The Nobility and Gentry, after congratulating b e ! MAJESTY upon the, return of the day, his MAlsal; enjoying good health, and the escape of the DIJ Z CUMBERLAND from assassination, paid their resp to the PRINCESSES. Her MAJESTY continued to receive the comps l l with the greatest affability and pleasant manners, s r- ' though rather low spirited. Yesterday, at three o'ciock, the Prince of N1VA1,', 65 proceedei with two state carriages and dressed f t ' verses lrona Carlton-House to the Garden-gate, St i James's, accompanied and attended by hiS Roy a l Highness the Duke of CLARENCE, General }IV LEE, and TURNER, Colonels M`MAHON, p hi" RYMPLE, and BLoOMFIELD. There were present besides her MAJESTY— The Princesses Augusta, Elizabeth, and Sophia, the Fr ie ri cess of Wales, the Duchess of Yoik, the Princess Sophia Gloucester; the Princess of Wales, the Oakes of Y° r ,* Clarence, Kent, Cambridge, and Gloucester; the Arct i .; bishops of Canterbury and York ; the Lord Chancellor , tla, Loid Piesident of the Council, the Lord Privy Scat, w r First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Excheill e j the Secretaries of State, the Secretary at War, the First L O ; 4 of the Admiralty, the Master .General of the Ordnance, tht Commander in Chief, the Lord Chief justice of the Court ° King's Bench: the Laid - Chief ustice of the Court of man fleas, the Lord Chief B aron Of the Exchequer, tor 0" At Master of the Rolls, ttre fudge of rite Admiralty, the • ney•General, the Solicitor-General, the King's AdO ca t t l e a ; the Lord Mayor of London, the Recorder of London, r. Sheriff's Woodland Atkins, of London and Middlesex ' to Adam, in his full robes and purse of scale, as Chancello r the „Prince of Wales, Mr. G arrow, the Prince's Attorney ' and Mr. lekyl, his Solicitor-General. Dukes—Athol, Montrose, Gordon, Rutland, Anal`' Beau tort,' and Newcastle. •lger Duchesses—Athol, Dorset, Montrose, Leeds, Do , ‘• Rutland, Northinnt3erland, Buccleugh, Beautint, Kichtuoi' t ' Dowager Newcastle, and Rutland. Malquisseo-,Huntley, Bath, licadfort, Wellesley, Water ford, Biandtord, Cornwallis, Ely, and Sligo. Marchionesses—Salisbury, Beth, Sligo,• Ely, Thol ° lld vi ; Exeter, Cornwallis, BlandfOrd, Waterford, and T a stock Earls—Bredalbane, Chatham, Mansfield, Kinnouli ham, Mount Edgecumbe, Russlyn, Pomfret, Lindsey, Warwick, Bridgewater, Puulct, Lansdale, Bristol, D,1 .1 7,,f, inghainshire, Chichester, Digby, Harrowby, Northesk , bot, Bathurst, Egremont, kr:Arrington, Fortescue, Winchelsea, Oxford, Strathmore, Galloway, Clonthel , tart, Darlington, Macclesfield, Westmoreland, March, court, Morton, Dartmouth, Malinesbury, Leitrim, lcrSel iind Mount orris. ' Coutitesse M s:—Grosvenor, Liverpool, Nlan. , field, O'er Portsmouth,' W L Witham, It estmoreland, r i, Mansfield, Beverley, Clanwtlliarn, Camden, Faucon.bro, Dowager Clottmeli,• I o+ doh, I )cheater, Clonmell, mandely, Ay lestord, Pettibrofte, Idorclic ter, Guilcifc' f k A c